Curriculum Vitae

Yvonne Förster

Education

2016

Habilitation through successful completion of the Juniorprofessorship, granting of the title Apl.-Professor

2009

Ph.D. in Philosophy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany). Grade: Summa cum laude.
Thesis: Die Zeit zwischen Subjekt und Objekt. Zum Verhältnis von Zeiterfahrung und Ontologie in der modernen Zeitphilosophie (Time between Subject and Object. Experience and Ontology of Time in Modern Philosophy of Time), published with Fink, München 2012

2004

M.A. (Magister Artium) in Philosophy, Germa­n Studies, and Romance Studies at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. Grade: Sehr gut (A)

Academic Positions

09/2023 – 02/2024

Visiting Professor for Philosophy at the University of Flensburg, Germany

01/2022 – 05/2022

Visiting Professor for Philosophy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong

03/2020 – 03/2021

Visiting Professor for Philosophy at University of Kassel, Germany

2019 to date

Research Professor and Foreign Expert for Philosophy of Technology at Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China

2016 to date

Apl.-Professor for Philosophy, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany

2017/18

Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Cultural Science (40.000 Euro), funded by German Research Association (DFG), University of Konstanz, Germany

2008–09

Assistant Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

2016/17

Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies of Media Cultures of Computer Simulation (MECS), funded by German Research Association (DFG) (25.000 Euro), Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany

2010–16

Juniorprofessor (associate professor, non tenure-track) for Philosophy of Culture and Art, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany

2009–10

Visiting Professor for Aesthetics, Faculty for Design, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany

Non-Academic Engagements

2024-2025

Professional Training as Fashion Management Expert

2014- 2019

Scientific advisor to NEUN GmbH (Hamburg) in matters of philosophy of embodiment and cognitive sciences

2016- 2019

Scientific advisor to SAP futurists in matters of philosophy of technology and ethics

2017- 2018

Scientifc advisor to Key Values (Hamburg) in matters of philosophy of technology and ethics

2017- 2018

Conceptual counseling in public relations for Eudaimonia Consulting and Publishing GmbH (Ettlingen)

Work abroad

2022

Visiting Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Philosophy of Technology and Culture)

2019

Guest Teaching on Theory of Fashion, Embodiment and Technology:

– Aalto Universität Helsinki

– Grinnell College, USA

– Luther College, USA

– Tongji Universität Shanghai

– Shanxi Universität Taiyuan

2010-2013

Project development, networking and guest teaching in several Universities (Sungkyingkwan University, Chunnam University, Ehwa University, Myongji University) in South Korea (stay for a few months every year, one year in total)

Awards, Grants, Fellowships and Third-Party Funding

01/2021 – date

Senior Research Fellow at GCAS Dublin

11/2017-08/2018

Senior Research Fellow at Kulturwissenschaftliches Kolleg (Institute for Advanced Studies in Cultural Science), University of Konstanz, Topic: Emergent Intelligences. Neural and Artificial Nets in Science, Cinema and Art

10/2016-03/2017

Research Fellow at Kulturwissenschaftliches Kolleg (Institute for Advanced Studies in Cultural Science), University of Konstanz, Topic: Emergent Intelligences. Neural and Artificial Nets in Science, Cinema and Art

2010-2015

Associate Partner in the EU-Project Metabody, Media Embodiment Tékhne and Bridges of Diversity

2010-2011

Participation in the international project Die Aktualität der Romantik, in cooperation between FSU Jena and Monash University Melbourne, Australia

2010-2014

Association in the international COST-project (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) TIMELY (Time In MEntaL activitY: theoretical, behavioral, bioimaging, and clinical perspectives)

2010

Award for best PhD thesis of the year, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

2009

Postdoc fellowship, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Germany

2005-2008

Dissertation grant, Federal State of Thuringia, Germany

Editorial Board of International Journals

Memberships in Scientific Societies

German Association for Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie)

German Association for Aesthetics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ästhetik)

German Association for Phenomenological Research (Deutsche Gesellschaft für phänomenologische Forschung)

Association for Cultural Sciences (Kulturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft)